FX is a serious business indeed. Sometimes, however it can be amusing. Charismatic stand up comedian and institutional FX technology specialist Jonathan Baumgart looks back at his leadership positions at FXCM and Boston Technologies, and explains how to operate a retail brokerage in new and interesting regions

Jonathan Baumgart is a stalwart among North America’s retail FX brokerage and technology provision sector, having spent five years at FXCM in sales, as well as launching the firm’s Berlin ofice in 2010, before joining Boston Technologies as Director of Training and Development in 2010 before leaving in 2012 to found his own consultancy business.

Today, Mr Baumgart speaks with Andrew Saks-McLeod about how to build a broker from scratch without falling into banking and operational difficulties, how to navigate the global markets, the emergence of Eastern Europe as a brokerage and electronic trading talent hub, and how to crack a damned good joke!

Within the office of Leverate’s new CEO Jacob Polyakov, FinanceFeeds talks about how to empower brokerages in China, What CySec is doing, what not to do when approaching new markets, and how automation, consultancy and the background of professional services is now THE way to operate within the B2B FX sector. Here is a comperehensive and candid view from within

Just over a year after the demise of Fortress Prime, Mitch Eaglstein’s Forex Development Corporation embarks on selling consultancy and liquidity into Cyprus brokerages this week. We examine the details.

America’s electronic trading business is gigantic, highly sophisticated and going from strength to strength. The dissenters are now nowhere to be seen as the astute stalwarts remain evergreen. Here is a detailed analysis